The Battle River Railway is a co-operative shortline freight railway created in 2010 in central Alberta. The track is 236 foot-continually welded track. It serves the communities of Alliance, Galahad, Forestburg, Heisler, Rosalind, Kelsey, providing them with a rail connection to the Canadian National line in Camrose which connects to port facilities in Vancouver and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Formerly, the Battle River Producer Car Group, a collective of 180 farmers, operated as a loader of grain cars only, but in May 2009, it became the Battle River Railway New Generation Co-operative, and purchased the branch line from CN in 2010.[1]
From 2014 onward, heritage tours were introduced on the line using a Pullman car, offering themed excursions several times a year.[2][3][4]
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References
- A.J. Shewan. Barley a Dull Moment in Forestburg: The story of grain, a small town, and its railroad Trains, September 2023^
- History www.battlerivertrain.com, retrieved 2021-03-02^
- Honey, I bought a railway CBC, retrieved 2021-03-02^